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alder", and is a common nuisance on the mountain sides, its branches, extending downward, greatly impeding the climber.
The timber on the summit was accidentally burned off before my arrival. Descending to our first camp below it (alt.   ft.) The timber in the bottom was very thick, but not of great diameter.  [[strikethrough]] The lar [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Picea Amabilis [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] P. grandis [[/underlined]] were common, with [[strikethrough]] another [[/strikethrough]] what I supposed to be a variety of the latter, the leaves are double on the stem.  Also the Hemlock, & [[underlined]] Abies [[strikethrough]] (?) [[/strikethrough]] menzesii. [[/underlined]] There also first saw [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Cupressus [[strikethrough]] (?) [[/strikethrough]] nutkatensis [[/underlined]], of which the men said a large number grew on the burnt summit. [[insertion]] [See p. 1 line 24 [[/insertion]]
In this valley the trees 150 to 175 feet in height.
The wood of [[underline]] Picia Amabilis [[/underline]] ^ [[insertion]] is [[/insertion]] yellowish white & apparently of good quality.  The bark of [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] trees 2 feet in diameter average 3/4 inch thick, with longer & larger scales than in [[underlined]] A. menzesii [[/underlined]], & very little striated.
The [[strikethrough]] supposed [[/strikethrough]] Cyprus ([[underline]] Cupressus [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Thuja [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Nutka^[[insertion]] t [[/insertion]]ensis? [[/underline]]) had the wood of fine grain, the heart of a dark color, & with a very disagreeable odor.  The bark thin, [[strikethrough]] peeling [[/strikethrough]] exfoliating extensivly in thin woody strips like the hickory, since bark white & peeling readily in strips.
The [[bark?]] similar to those of the common Thuja. Specimens of the fruit were forwarded to Dr [[Forvey?]].
The bark of the Hemlock seemed much more deeply striated than on the other side of the Mtns; [[insertion]] [? mountains] [[/insertion]] but it is difficult to give general descriptions of these trees as individuals differ much with the locality.
[[underlined]] Pinus monticola [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] [[sparsins?]] [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] A. Douglas[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]]ii [[/underlined]] did not occur so high on the east side of the range, it appeared to set in at about        feet.
A shrub [[strikethrough]] (?) [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Ceanothus [[/underlined]], now common & in flower.
[[margin]] aug. 8. [[/margin]]  From here ascended to summit of the range to the south of the pass.  The change of character very striking.  It was covered with open glades separated by groves of balsam fir, and blooming with flowering plains